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... heart and under- standing . Never in fact , have we more urgent need of a settled principle of philanthropy than when we set foot upon the ground of religious delusion . Nowhere , so much as there , is it necessary to be resolute in our ...
... heart and under- standing . Never in fact , have we more urgent need of a settled principle of philanthropy than when we set foot upon the ground of religious delusion . Nowhere , so much as there , is it necessary to be resolute in our ...
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... heart ( as history compels us to admit ) a world of wonderous inconsistencies ; and especially so when religious infatuations come in to trouble it . How often has there been seen upon the stage of human affairs beings - must we call ...
... heart ( as history compels us to admit ) a world of wonderous inconsistencies ; and especially so when religious infatuations come in to trouble it . How often has there been seen upon the stage of human affairs beings - must we call ...
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... heart to heart , and from city to city , and from shore to shore . The special reason therefore or the URGENT REASON , why we should now dismiss from our own bosoms every taint of superstition , and every residue of un- belief , as well ...
... heart to heart , and from city to city , and from shore to shore . The special reason therefore or the URGENT REASON , why we should now dismiss from our own bosoms every taint of superstition , and every residue of un- belief , as well ...
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... single believer . Does not the Omnipresent Spirit , rich in power to renovate human hearts , even now brood over the populous plains and crowded cities of India and of China , as well as over the cities MOTIVES OF THE WORK . 11.
... single believer . Does not the Omnipresent Spirit , rich in power to renovate human hearts , even now brood over the populous plains and crowded cities of India and of China , as well as over the cities MOTIVES OF THE WORK . 11.
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... hearts of the Christians of each age , severally and collectively ! There might , we grant , seem more urgent need to make inquiry concerning the intrinsic condition of the Christian body in those times when its diffusive influence had ...
... hearts of the Christians of each age , severally and collectively ! There might , we grant , seem more urgent need to make inquiry concerning the intrinsic condition of the Christian body in those times when its diffusive influence had ...
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Page 423 - Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves .to the Lord, To serve him, and to love the name of the Lord, To be his servants, Every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, And taketh hold of my covenant; Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, And make them joyful in my house of prayer: Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; For mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
Page 410 - Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people...
Page 509 - The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day: and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.
Page 474 - For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah...
Page 390 - Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations, the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Page 422 - O SING unto the LORD a new song: Sing unto the LORD, all the earth.
Page 420 - GOD be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us. That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations.
Page 404 - Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto Me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. Your new moons and your appointed feasts My soul hateth: they are a trouble unto Me; I am weary to bear them.
Page 408 - COMFORT ye, comfort ye my people, saith your GOD. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned : for she hath received of the LORD'S hand double for all her sins.
Page 407 - Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for" the time to come for ever and ever...